Concert Artist: Organist, Pianist, Composer

UGO
SFORZA

was born in Bari on1thApril 1982. He graduated with summa cum laude in Organ (2003), Organ Composition (2003) and Piano (2010) from the Academy of Music “N. Piccinni” in Bari, under the guidance of
the teachers G. Salvatori and F. Balducci.In 2011he graduated in Science of Cultural Heritage from the University "Aldo Moro" in Bari.In June 2013 he graduated from the Anton Bruckner
Privatuniversität (Austria), under the guidance of Prof. Brett Leighton: here he obtained the prestigious Master of Arts in Organ with an honourable mention andwith a thesis on the preservation andprotection ofoldkeyboardinstrumentsin the mostimportant musical museumsof Europe.He attended seminars and major courses about Italian and German music by F. Friedrich, M. Radulescu and L. F. Tagliavini, about French Organ Literature by
Marie-Claire Alain, Roberto Antonello and L. Robilliard, about English Organ Literature by Michael Harris, about Organ Improvisation by T. Flury, about great Piano Literature by I.
Longato.

Since he was very young, he has had success as organ
player, gaining prizes in several organ competitions. He was awarded prizes by the President of the Italian Republic as the winner of the 6th Edition of the organ prize “Goffredo
Giarda” (Rome, 2004). On the same occasion he also received a special prize from the public as the best organ performer. He has recorded sacred music of the Italian composer Ottavio de Lillo
(Foundation “San Nicola e Santi Medici” - Bari, 2005) and organ favourite works by J. S. Bach, F. Schubert, C. Franck, M. E. Bossi for the Weinberg Records (CD Orgelmusik aus der Elisabethinenkirche - Linz, 2013).

He currently performs Recitals at important
International Concert Series, Organ Festivals and Organ touneé in Europe and U.S.A. Since 2003, he often performs in Concert-Duo with the great Italian soprano Annalisa Carbonara (1973*).Above all,very important is hiswork as a composersince many years. Amongthe
varioustitles of hisworksfor symphonic organsolo andchamber
music, stands outOrganum Vox DeiOp.3(Papageno Edition, Bari - 2004) and Fantasy on Veni Creator Spiritus Op. 7 (Armelin Edition, Padova - 2007).

To hisactivities as performer and church organist
and conductor inItaly and Austria (Linz and Sankt Marien), he also alternates his work as lecturer inmusic atsome Italianpublic schoolsin Vicenza, Rome, Como and Verona area and he is a member of Licon - Pescara for Departments of Organ and
Management of the Music.